New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 6 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 580 — relative to retaliatory defamation in domestic violence and sexual violence cases.

Last action — Executive Session: 09/10/2025 10:00 am GP 230

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Executive Session: 09/10/2025 10:00 am GP 230

  2. Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study 09/10/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC)

  3. Full Committee Work Session: 09/10/2025 10:00 am GP 230

  4. Retained in Committee

  5. Executive Session: 03/12/2025 11:00 am LOB 206-208

  6. ==CONTINUED== Public Hearing: 03/12/2025 10:15 am LOB 206-208

  7. ==RECESSED== Public Hearing: 02/19/2025 11:15 am LOB 206-208

  8. Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Judiciary HJ 3 P. 17

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 407 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (407)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 580?
HB 580 is sponsored by Paul Berch (Democrat), Dick Thackston (Republican), Rebecca Perkins Kwoka, Debra Altschiller (Democrat), Carry Spier (Democrat), Alicia Gregg (Democrat), Hope Damon (Democrat), and Anita Burroughs (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 580?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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